Krasnogvardeysky District, Orenburg Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Krasnogvardeysky District.

Krasnogvardeysky District (Russian: Красногварде́йский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the thirty-five in Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,800 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Pleshanovo.^[2] Population: 21,097 (2010 Census). The population of Pleshanovo accounts for 16.5% of the district's total population.^[4]

Krasnogvardeysky District Красногвардейский район
District
A street in Krasnogvardeysky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Krasnogvardeysky District in Orenburg Oblast
Coordinates: 52°51′04″N 53°28′48″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Orenburg Oblast[1]
Established	1966
Administrative center	Pleshanovo[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	21,097
• Density	7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	16 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[2]	59 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Krasnogvardeysky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6])
OKTMO ID	53623000
Website	http://mo-ko.orb.ru/

Demographics

Population: 21,097 (2010 Census);^[4] 25,451 (2002 Census);^[7] 27,776 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

The ethnic composition of the population is as follows:^{[citation needed]}

• Russians: 54.0%
• Bashkirs: 25.7%
• Tatars: 6.8%
• Germans: 4.3%
• Ukrainians: 4.1%

Notable people

• Gabdulla Amantay was a Bashkir poet, writer and playwright. The village where he was born, is in that area today.